“A riot literally tears the city apart. It is a striation…like a skater from the days before skateparks, it sketches invisible trajectories in the urban motif. A shapeless event that eludes reification, even if it relates to rituals, and thus summons the repertoire of tricks and knowledge accumulated by a provisional community bound by a […]
From the Rehearsal Room… the CONTACT project process is deepening, and we find ourselves moved…to tears, to anger, to hysterical laughter….to formation, to renovation, to solidarity, to push-ups….pushing up against the fight, the flight, the meeting, the holding of…one another. the pressing into flesh and bone…contact…the memories, the histories, the shared pain and sorrow of […]
July 09, 2012 by James Koroni http://www.enforcedarch.com Enforced Arch ‘Mover’ and contributor, Sebastian Grubb takes life one step at a time but carries the world in his arms. Tackling fitness, nutrition and dance in one lifetime may seem overwhelming but for him, it’s done with grace. He is thrilled to share his expertise with the […]
If Murakami’s works came to life, and you could suddenly take a stroll through them, chances are music would be everywhere. Chauffeured in a car, you would hear “the classical strains of Chopin.” In the bathroom of Denny’s, Hall & Oates’ I can’t go for that would be playing. And jazz would fit into the […]
In the previous post, we made centipede yogurt stew. Yum! Now onto the video portion. Except, maybe we’re not talking about a plate of food anymore. Maybe we’re discussing a table with legs sharply angled away from the center… When I set out to integrate video with dance, I had this idea in my head […]
Picture it now: there is a plate on the table in front of you, full of creative, Hotel-in-a-Bottle-icious food to eat. A quarter of that plate has been inspired by text (thank you, Haruki Murakami!) A second quarter has been inspired by video imagery and design (thanks again, HM, and cheers to Mark and Dawn […]
Well, hello there, CounterPULSE blogosphere! My name is Erin Malley, and I’m one of your Winter Special Artists. I’m also a new face in San Francisco, please don’t hesitate to say hello. Better still, take me out and show me your favorite local spots! I relocated to SF just a couple of years ago from […]
The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival is excited to celebrate our TENTH ANNIVERSARY at CounterPULSE next week! Join us for a spectacular three days featuring films from over a dozen countries around the world plus an amazing live performance event! SFTFF runs November 3-5 (all events at 8pm). PERFORMANCES! Thursday November 3 at 8pm FILMS! […]
Howdy CounterPULSE Peeps, I’m Tessa, the outreach intern. I had an urge to blog, which has never really happened to me before, so I figured I would talk about my time at CounterPULSE so far. Well…where to begin? Basically, I love working here. Er’body is really nice and I’m learning a ton. But enough about […]
In an effort to share everything I possibly can about what we’re doing, I made a short explanatory video – it’s rad and you should check it out! ~Charles Slender Artistic Director, FACT/SF